Thursday, April 28, 2016

Victoria, BC – Officers, including VicPD’s Graffiti Coordinator Cst. Franco Bruschetta, are asking for your help in identifying two young men believed to be responsible for over a dozen “taggings” of businesses in downtown Victoria. 

Officers are looking to identify and speak with the men in the attached video.  The video was taken just prior to the men allegedly “tagging” property in the downtown core on April 25th .  The investigation has pointed to the same two individual’s being involved in a number of other incidents of vandalism. 

The first suspect is described as a young Caucasian man, approximately 20-25 years of age, standing 6’0 tall with a light to slim build. In the video, this man is wearing black shoes with a white trim, dark jeans, and a grey and green plaid jacket over a black shirt. This man has short dark hair, no facial hair and was smoking a cigarette. 

The second suspect is described as a young Caucasian man, approximately 20-25 years of age, standing 5’10 tall with a medium build. In the video, this man is wearing black shoes with a white trim, a dark baseball cap, black pants, and a red and black plaid jacket. He was carrying a black back pack and smoking a cigarette.   

If you have any information you are asked to call the VicPD non-emergency line at (250) 995-7654. To report what you know anonymously, please call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).